Fall 2025 Award Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Little Penguin Awards Fall 2025 season.  We received some outstanding films and are very excited to announce the award winners for this season.  Congratulations to all our winners!​

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Best TV Pilot

The Adventure of Music: Ep. 1 The Sound Feeling

Alixandra Stiefel / Megan Weaver-Seitz

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Best Animated Short

The Life and Times of Schrodinger's Cat:  A Quantum Tale of Love and Entanglement

Suzanne Nichols / Ron Noble​

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Best Animated Feature Film

Three Chicks and a Unicorn

Lorenzo West

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Best Screenplay​​​​​​

Barry and Madison

Les Lahage

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Best Stop Motion

Loading Nouns Get Down

Chris Ullens​

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Best Adult Animation

Potato Family

Lori Hamilton

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Best Educational Short Film​

Your First Amendment Rights

Ruth Hayes

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Best Coming of Age Film

Ed: A Love Story

Abraham Lopez

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Best Story

Granite and Marble

R. Paul Villaluz

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Best Child Actor

Silas Simons in Granite and Marble

R. Paul Villaluz

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Best Acting Duo

Jazz Hayes and Willow Genato in Yogurt Girl Two

Michelle Merring

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Best Director

Ed: A Love Story

Abraham Lopez

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Best Cinematography

The Adventure of Music: Ep. 1 The Sound Feeling

Alixandra Stiefel / Megan Weaver-Seitz

Cinemaographer: Kane Price

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Best Score

The Aventure of Music: Ep. 1 The Sound Feeling

Alixandra Stiefel / Megan Weaver-Seitz

Composer: Josiah McKinney

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